BY ALLISON NEEDLES, Tacoma News Tribune
Tacoma is prohibiting all new city-owned buildings from using natural gas and other fossil fuels energy sources for heating, lighting, and power and will explore a similar rule for new residential and commercial buildings.
Tacoma City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that requires new city-owned buildings, and buildings undergoing major renovations, to use low-carbon fuels such as biodiesel, renewable diesel, renewable natural gas or electricity.
The new policy will become effective Jan. 1, 2022.
